Day Twenty Three: Tuscany
Today we took the train from Verona to Florence, found our way by bus to the airport and then picked up our car. Once we got the car we headed for the small town of Greve in Chainti. "Greve in Chianti (the old name was Greve; in 1972 was renamed Greve in Chianti after the inclusion of that area in the Chianti wine district) is a town in the province of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It is located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) south of Florence on A1 highway, and 42 kilometres (26 mi) north of Siena" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greve_in_Chianti ) . We stayed at an Agriturismo. An Agriturismo is "a combination of the words for "agriculture" and "tourism" in Italian - is a style of vacationing in farm house resorts. Small scale farming in Italy became less profitable, these agritourismi allowed the small farmer to augment the income from the farm, and for vacationers to sample the bounty of a rural life in Italy" ( http://goitaly.about.com/od/it